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Sunset at Forest Lodge

Forest Lodge Educational Campus

Nestled among old growth forest, this unique north woods retreat is situated along two-plus miles of Lake Namekagon’s pristine southern shoreline….

Loon flying over a lake

Get Involved

…help protect loons by spreading the word to their neighbors and other lake users to steer clear of loons on nests and on the water. If you would like to sign up to become a Loon Ranger for your lake, please fill out the online Loon Ranger Sign Up Form….

Group walking on the beach

Northland College to Host Lake Superior Youth Symposium

…Ontario. Registration deadline is April 15. “What affects Lake Superior anywhere around her 1,800 miles of shoreline affects the Lake everywhere,” said Mark Peterson, executive director of the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. “As citizens who live, work, or play by the Lake, we are all tied together in…

Northland College staff working in stream

Researchers Create Model for the Great Lakes

…Huron to western Lake Erie. Research Scientist Matt Cooper at the Northland College Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation has been researching this region that spans Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie. “The hope is that the work on Lake Erie and Lake Huron will act as a prototype…

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What did we learn from 2017’s floods in Quebec and Ontario?

Inside the politics of water

Lakes were normal. The Moses-Saunders dam was allowing 7,300 cubic metres per second through – just slightly more than the usual flow in recent years. Over the next 60 days, rain all around Lake Ontario would wash out records. Water rose rapidly on the Great Lakes and also the Ottawa…

Loon airs its wings

Protect Loons

Over the last seventy years, northern Wisconsin has experienced increasing development. Housing density maps from 1940, 1990, and 2010 clearly show cumulative density throughout the decades, particularly in the lakes regions. What does this mean for loons? Loss of habitat, declining water quality, and increased recreational use of lakes influences…

kayaking students

Lake Superior is the Classroom

…due to more than espresso. They’ve just finished their freshman year in Superior Connections, a unique interdisciplinary course of study focused on the Lake Superior watershed. Founded in 1892, Northland College is located in northern Wisconsin near Lake Superior and the Chequamegon National Forest with its resident wildlife. Northland’s 500…

Lake Superior near Madeline Island

Lake Superior Youth Symposium

April 20, 2023April 23, 2023

The purpose of the Lake Superior Youth Symposium is to inspire and motivate teachers and students in grades 8-12 to become stewards of Lake Superior and the Great Lakes! The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute is proud to be hosting the 15th biennial symposium. Students from across the watershed…

Northland College Graphic of Lake Superior

7 Lake Superior Circumnavigations

Around the Largest Lake in the World by Kayak, Bike, and Foot

Circumnavigating Lake Superior is such a uniquely Northland College student experience. In addition to the Superior Connections program that includes a May trip around the lake, there are Northlanders who go on their own by kayak, bike, and even on foot. There’s no official ledger of Northlanders who have traveled…